I live in an HOA
and I received this letter last week. It is specifically and 100% the message of a candidate to be on the HOA. The letter should be supremely insightful... I will type it in as exactly as I can, leaving out only names.
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*************** FOR TRUSTEE
WRITE IN CANDIDATE
WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO OUR VILLAGE???
Our village has been in turmoil for the past several years. We attend meetings and repeatedly ask questions and get no answers. We still do not get answers at sunsequent meetings. Our reserve account is depleted. Our maintenance accounts are well below where they should be.
It is time to get people on the Board of Trustees and change this village!
During my thirty years of residing in (this HOA,) I have observed many individual trustees and Boards collectively. I have seen the overbearing types of people and the types who enjoy the title of trustee but seem to not know what to do. I believe fundamentally that boards should be the policy makers and overseers. That works only if we have a well run corporation. If that is not happening the BOT must step in! Currently, I do not believe this to be the situation.
As a trustee, I will represent the owners as their advocate NOT their adversary. If elected, my first question on an issue will always be "Why is this so...?" not how can we change this before having an understanding of what has been done. Once we understand, we can improve! I am not a person who has self interests to promote.
For the last thirty years of my working career, I was employed by the Department of Army as a Senior Contract Specialist. This job involved not only writing contracts but reading and developing specifications aiding in the development of Statements of Work for contracts. During my tenure with the federal government, I was responsible for purchasing many types of items from building supplies, repairs to cables to carpeting and much more. I wrote various types of contracts including firm fixed price, cost type and contracts with range quantities as well as service type contracts. A great deal of coordination with not only the customers but contractors was required. I also served as chair person for an equal employment program for over ten years. I assisted employees with resolving grievances.
While I am a strong individual, I have the ability to view a situation or problem from several sides and feel that as a Trustee, that is an important quality. It is important to have people serving on a board that are able to discuss and even debate an issue but at the conclusion, can make the best decision for (HOA) ... not one based on what one or two individuals want or have the power to control. Additionally, I am very much "at home" with research, both on a face to face basis as well as from a document side. Research is my forte.
Please give me a chance to help this village to become what it once was... a place of tranquility and a village fiscally strong for the future.
I AM RUNNUNG FOR THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AS A WRITE IN CANDIDATE. WHEN YOU RECEIVE YOUR BALLOT IN THE MAIL, MY NAME IS NOT ON IT AS I AM A WRITE IN CANDIDATE.
YOU WILL NOT SEE ME IN (HOA) NEWSPAPER FOR THE SAME REASON. RENTERS PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH YOUR LANDLORDS! (The rest is links to Facebook group of candidate)
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... what do you think? Is this reflective of your HOA? Why or why not?
To me, the best line is:
It is important to have people serving on a board that are able to discuss and even debate an issue but at the conclusion, can make the best decision for (HOA) ... not one based on what one or two individuals want or have the power to control. 
